Sirajul Islam

Faculty Member

Md. Sirajul Islam
Reader
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Department
Philosophy

Areas of Specialisation

Sufism

Islam

Mysticism

Comparative Religion

Date of Birth	17th January 1961
Qualification
Year	Degree	College/University
1983	B.A(Honours)	Kandi Raj College ( University of Calcutta)
1985	B.Ed.	Union Christian Training College, University Of Calcutta
1987	M.A. ( Philosophy)	Visva Bharati
1994	Ph.D	Visva Bharati
1991-94	Diploma in Arabic,Persian and Urdu	Visva Bharati
Research Projects, Papers and Books
Research Projects Pursuing post Doctoral Research on Hindu Muslim Concord and Discord: An Interplay of the Philosophical Interpretations of Hindu -Muslim Thinkers, Project Granted by The Asiatic Society, Kolkata Paper Published: Sufism as a Movement of Global Humanism, Proceedings of the Platinnum Jubilee Volume of the Indian Philosophical Congress New Delhi, 2000 Civil society in the Islamic Countries: An Apprisal, Journal of the Dept. of Philosophy , Dept. of Philosophy and Religion,Visva Bharati , 2002 Kirmaniya Sufi Mysticism and a mens of Social Solidarity,proceedings of the 18 Quinoquinal International Association of the History of Religion ( IAHR)Conference,Durban south Africa,2000 and many othersarticles have been published in Bengali as well as in English. Books Islam -o-Vijnaner Vivartan (Tr. In Bengali), published from Mullick Brothers, Kolkata,1999 Sufism and Bhakti: A Comparative Study, published from East End Publication,Kolkata,2002 Raja Rammohan Roy and Islam ( in press) On Bengali Rhymes ( Chhara), East End Publication, Kolkata, 2003
Teaching Experience
8+ years in Visva-Bharati
Other Co-curricular Interests
Games ,sports,N.C.C.,N.S.S., writings of poems and rhymes
Any other information
Visited U.S.A., South Africa, Singapore, Thailand , Bangladesh and delivered lectures in the various universities of that countries Organized Refresher courses and seminars in the university, Enjoyed Fellowships: Nizam Research Fellowship of Hydrabad,India Enjoyed I.C.P.R. Research Fellowship on New Delhi,India, Worked as Visiting Research Professor at the Catholic University of America,U.S.A.,1997, Hold many Administrative posts at Visva Bharati University, Santiniketan Attended Various Seminars and Conferences in India and abroad.